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Be it known that I, WILLIAM. SCHILLING, of thecity and county of Baltimore, and State' of Maryland, have invented and made new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Distilling Spirituous Liquors; and I do hereby declare the following to be-a. full, clear, andexact description of the nature, construction, and operation of the same, suicient to enable one skilled in the art to which it is alliedto constructand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which my improvements are shown, asapplied to stills in general use.

Figur-e I is a front elevation of my improvement, showing, bythe broken lines or pipes a p c s, its con nection with the doubler and cooler.

Figure II is a sectional elevation, showing its interior construction.

Figure IIIis an elevation, showing my improvement asconected with thedoubler, thc cooler, and the meter.

The invention consists of an auxiliary cooler or condenser, so constructed and arranged as to intercept the passage of the vapor,.and by convenient arrangements of cold-water supply, to condense the low-wine'vapor, and prevent the How of fuscl oilsvand other impurities through the cooling-worm, and allow the production off pure spirits of any desired strength; also, of a reservoir of any convenient capacity to receive-the low wine, until it is desired t`o turn it back into the doubler for a fresh charge, dispensing with the use of a pumpves gen-` erally used, and allowing an almost continuous distillation. In. case 'the Ystill runs foul, and-the mash is thrown over, the low-wine reservoir receives it, and prevents its running through ,the worm, and, by turning a cock, it is run back into the doubler and still without waste of material or loss of time.

In the drawings, letters refer to similar parts in all'the'iigures.

- In FigfIII, B represents the pipe leading from the still or kettle to the doubler D, the doubler, with its pipe a, conducting the vapor to the condenser J, when .the low-wine vapor is condensed, and ilowsthrough the y pipe zu into the' reservoir L, where it is retained until the distiller, by turning the cock o, inpipe p, allows 'it to flow back into the doubler. The pure vapor not being condensed has free escape, through-the pipe c, into the cooler C, when it is either registered in any suitable,device or otherwise drawn off. By thisimprovelncnt most of the obstacles to the use of spirit-meters are removed, as no-mash or other impurities-can come to the meter, and only the sub-product of the still iiows through the worm.

In Fig. II,`showing the interior construction of my improvement, a is the-pipe leading from the doubler. p is a. perforated disk; p', a plain disk somewhat larger, both intended to impede the rapid current of vapor. Thebottom of condenser is depressed to allow the free flow of condensation to the reservoir L, through the pipe w. The top is raised to allow the free escape ofthe pure vapor to the cooler through the pipe 0. Theraised top'is made of a thin sheet of copper.Q 'The other parts, except the disks dnd pipes, should be of wood. Above' this copper sheet is atank, J', which is supplied-with cold 4water through 4the pipe S, the supply being regulated by the cock S, and by' operating which, in connection with the draw-olf cock x, the quantity-and temperature of the water in condensent'ank is entirely under-the controll of the distiller. The collar d, surrounding the pipe c, holds the cold water, and, by overflowing, spreads it uniformly over the-top of condenser.-

I 'do not coniine my claim to the exact construction of. the various parts, as hcreinfdescribed,'as other forms and arrangements might fulfill the same 'purpose but What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, is

1. The combination of the condenserJ and the low-wine reservoir L, or their substantial equivalents, with the doubler and the cooler C, essentially as described. i

2. The combination of the low-wine reservoir L and condenser J with the cooler 0 andthe meter, substantially as described. A' I i 3. The lowwine reservoir L, arranged, in relation to the doubler, for thepurposes substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination ofthe low-winne revervoirand the condenser, or their substantial equivalents.

5. The condenser, having its bottom sunk and its top raishcd,`in'tl1e manner and for the purpose substantially as described.v

6. The perforated disk p.

7. The condenser, havinga collar, d, essentially as described. Y

8. The combination of the supply-pipes, and cock S, and drawoii`-coclc x,.or their equivalents, with a confl denser constructed substantialbr as described.

WM. SCHILLING.

Witnesses:

J. McKiuvlvnY,A WM. A. McKnNNnr. 

